The MAXX

by William Messner-Loebs, Sam Kieth, William Messner-Loebs

Book Overview

Originally published in single magazine form as The Maxx #14-20. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1401201245
• ISBN13: 9781401201241
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Wildstorm
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.7" x 10.3"

Customer Reviews

awesome

Really awesome artwork and a trippy/dreamy storyline. i bought the first three volumes and cant wait to buy the next 3 volumes.

"Ya got any toast?"

The Maxx is a masterpiece. It's that simple. Personally, I found The Maxx through watching the MTV Liquid Television show. I was very young, and very confused. Once I got older, though, I found a renewed interest in The Maxx and Sam K.'s work. If you liked the show, and you know how to read, this is a no-brainer. Even if you've never seen the show, the various art styles, deep story and astounding, true-to-life dialog (Thanks to Messner-Loebs) will suck you in. This series honestly changed the way I look at life. You can see the specifics on the story in other reviews. I just wanted to share what The Maxx means to me. Which is a lot. Thank you, Sam Kieth.

Best comic reading experience

The first three volumes of the Maxx are by far the best experience in reading comics I have ever had. Seeing how the story unfolds and the mystery of all this crazy stuff unravels is awesome. Sam Kieth does an excelent job of dropping hints and little visual clues along the way without giving plot points away to soon. this was an excelent comic and sam keith's visual style is so neat.

Amazing books for fans of being human

I hope you're in touch with your inner psychoanalyst: this reads like raw dream material. Like a dream, you don't have to hang on to the details or look for coherence as you go, but let yourself be guided by many perspectives and make up your own conclusions. The purple-clad hobo hero and his macho-feminist social worker friend are just two of the motley crew of characters than you never suspected graced back alleys and highway underpasses. You'll wonder who's right, selfish or deluded, caring, co-dependent or running away from themselves. You'll see the cost of dealing with hurt and abuse as well as not dealing with it. You'll learn that inner strength comes in many forms including battling armies of black and white existential doubts in a barren portion of your subconcious. You might hear some truths from the villain who aside from showering violence in a few reality planes also sends people on collision courses with themselves. This should be required reading for anyone who's read psychology books but needs illustration from inside people's heads... It's got really funny bits and pieces everywhere, too. It'll blow your mind - and I felt better for it!

The Maxx Vol. 1

This volume chronicles the fist 6 issues of Sam Keith's The Maxx. The story basically introduces us to The Maxx (a homeless superhero who constantly flips back and forth to another reality against his will), Julie Winters (his social worker/leopard queen) and Mr. Gone (a deranged lunatic who knows the truth about both realities/the villain). There is a small guest appearance by the Savage Dragon, but mostly the Maxx's world is brushed upon in this volume. It's incredibly trippy but very, very cool. Check it out if you like to read things where you really gotta think, and want to think about it even more when you put it down.